{"id":"C2004L06596","name":"Christmas Island Act 1958 - Proclamation (02/05/2002)","slug":"christmas-island-act-1958-proclamation-02-05-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28247,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06596-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Christmas Island Act 1958 - Proclamation (02/05/2002)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nChristmas Island Act 1958\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 14G of the Christmas Island Act 1958, fix 10 May 2002 as the day on which the Supreme Court of Christmas Island is abolished.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 2 May 2002\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command \n\nWILSON TUCKEY\n\nMinister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2303},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function authorized by section 14G of the Christmas Island Act 1958—fixing a date for the abolition of the Supreme Court. It does not expand beyond or alter the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative sentence fixing a specific date","No defined terms or interpretative section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Only one cross-reference to the empowering legislation (section 14G)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation abolished the Supreme Court of Christmas Island effective 10 May 2002, stopping new trials there and transferring pending cases and appeals to Western Australian or federal courts. \n\nIt primarily affected island residents involved in serious criminal or major civil matters, removing local highest‑court access and shifting hearings (and travel or remote‑attendance burdens) to off‑island jurisdictions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/christmas-island-act-1958-proclamation-02-05-2002","history":"/api/acts/christmas-island-act-1958-proclamation-02-05-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/christmas-island-act-1958-proclamation-02-05-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/christmas-island-act-1958-proclamation-02-05-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/christmas-island-act-1958-proclamation-02-05-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/christmas-island-act-1958-proclamation-02-05-2002/documents"}}